nnir
-* What is nnir:: What does nnir do.
+* What is nnir?:: What does nnir do.
* Basic Usage:: How to perform simple searches.
* Setting up nnir:: How to set up nnir.
within gnus.
@menu
-* What is nnir:: What does nnir do?
+* What is nnir?:: What does @code{nnir} do?
* Basic Usage:: How to perform simple searches.
-* Setting up nnir:: How to set up nnir.
+* Setting up nnir:: How to set up @code{nnir}.
@end menu
-@node What is nnir
-@subsection What is nnir
+@node What is nnir?
+@subsection What is nnir?
-@code{nnir} is a gnus interface to a number of tools for searching
+@code{nnir} is a Gnus interface to a number of tools for searching
through mail and news repositories. Different backends (like
@code{nnimap} and @code{nntp}) work with different tools (called
-@dfn{engines} in nnir lingo), but all use the same basic search
+@dfn{engines} in @code{nnir} lingo), but all use the same basic search
interface.
The @code{nnimap} and @code{gmane} search engines should work with no
configuration. Other engines require a local index that needs to be
created and maintained outside of Gnus.
+
@node Basic Usage
@subsection Basic Usage
groups with different search engines you will be prompted for the
special search features for each engine separately.
+
@node Setting up nnir
@subsection Setting up nnir
named @code{home} you can use
@lisp
-(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods '(
- (nnml "home"
- (nnimap-address "localhost")
- (nnir-search-engine namazu))))
+(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
+ '((nnml "home"
+ (nnimap-address "localhost")
+ (nnir-search-engine namazu))))
@end lisp
Alternatively you might want to use a particular engine for all servers